News (Page 173)

by Carl Collen, Fruitnet     The South African citrus export crop has dropped even further than initial estimates predicted, as growers start their Valencia crop.   The country’s initial crop forecast already pegged volumes at 10m cartons down on last year’s total.   South Africa’s citrus growers’ association (CGA)Continue Reading

by Gabrielle Easter, Fruitnet   Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has developed traceability software to track the quality of its premium durian in a bit to boost exports.   The platform, called MyTrace, allows consumers to scan QR code labels on the durian, offering information on where theContinue Reading

  The Costa Rican pineapple industry is facing dual challenges in its U.S. export program amid increased interceptions of scale insects and some companies that allegedly falsely labeled their fruit as organic.   La Nación reported U.S. interceptions of Costa Rican pineapples contaminated with pests increased 32% year-on-year in the first half of 2015, reaching 281.  Continue Reading

by Biosecurity Authority of Fiji, Fiji Sun Online   The Biosecurity Authority of Fiji (BAF) has detained pineapple & banana tissue culture cultures at Nadi International Airport.   The consignment was for Pacific Community (SPC) Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees (CePaCT) and has been detailed due to failure toContinue Reading

  Papaya cultivation is gaining popularity among a section of farmers in the district, as they get assured returns and remunerative price for the produce.   A group of farmers from Annamangalam near here have taken up papaya cultivation a year ago, taking due advantage of the growing demand forContinue Reading

  New Zealand and Viet Nam signed an agreement on the export of Vietnamese dragon fruit in Ha Noi yesterday.   New Zealand’s Ambassador to Viet Nam Haike Manning and Nguyen Xuan Hong, general director of the Plant Protection Department of Viet Nam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, signedContinue Reading

by Clint Thompson, Albany Herald   Low commodity prices for cotton, peanuts and corn have forced Colquitt County farmers to seek other crop options for this year’s growing season.   Colquitt County is ranked among Georgia’s top 10 counties in watermelon acreage and farm gate value in 2014, according to theContinue Reading

  Millions of people facing hunger in South Sudan will be driven to the brink of catastrophe if renewed flashes of violence derail the fragile peace process, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, warning that the human costs of recent fighting in Juba will be compoundedContinue Reading

  Technology obtained through solar energy could be utilised to increase crop production and better results and the scientists of Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) were playing significant role in making the country self-sufficient in food production.   “The use of solar technology and advanced methods to dry dates couldContinue Reading

by Chan Shih-hung and William Hetherington, Taipei Times   Fruit prices, affected by a recent typhoon, have more doubled, with no end in sight, bringing one township that was spared the brunt of the storm enormous profits.   Typhoon Nepartak, which hit on July 8 with winds up to 205kph andContinue Reading

  The city-based Central Food Technological Research Institute has developed a waste-to-wealth model for banana cultivators, allowing them to convert waste into organic manure.   According to CFTRI director Ram Rajasekharan, it has been demonstrated with active participation of farmers at the institute. The institute stepped in following banana cultivators’Continue Reading